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Derek Achong

A sol­dier has chal­lenged a de­ci­sion of a High Court judge to re­ject his law­suit claim­ing that he was un­fair­ly by­passed for pro­mo­tion.

Lawyers rep­re­sent­ing Staff Sergeant Rus­sell Reyes and the State pre­sent­ed sub­mis­sions in the ap­peal in a hear­ing be­fore Chief Jus­tice Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh and Ap­pel­late Judges Pe­ter Ra­jku­mar and Maria Wil­son yes­ter­day morn­ing.